¹⁴ He is to take some of the bull’s blood^(A) and with his finger sprinkle it on the front of the atonement cover; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the atonement cover.^(B)

The Festival of Tabernacles^(A)

³³ The Lord said to Moses, ³⁴ “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh^(B) month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles^(C) begins, and it lasts for seven days. ³⁵ The first day is a sacred assembly;^(D) do no regular work.^{(E) 36} For seven days present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly^(F) and present a food offering to the Lord.^(G) It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.

³⁷ (“‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for bringing food offerings to the Lord—the burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings^(H) required for each day. ³⁸ These offerings^(I) are in addition to those for the Lord’s Sabbaths^(J) and^[a] in addition to your gifts and whatever you have vowed and all the freewill offerings^(K) you give to the Lord.)

³⁹ “‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival^(L) to the Lord for seven days;^(M) the first day is a day of sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is a day of sabbath rest. ⁴⁰ On the first day you are to take branches^(N) from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees^(O)—and rejoice^(P) before the Lord your God for seven days. ⁴¹ Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month. ⁴² Live in temporary shelters^(Q) for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters ⁴³ so your descendants will know^(R) that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’”

⁴⁴ So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed festivals of the Lord.

² In the last days^(A)

³ Many peoples^(F) will come and say,

The Mountain of the Lord^(A)

4 In the last days

² Many nations will come and say,

The Lord’s Plan

⁶ “In that day,” declares the Lord,

¹⁶ Then the survivors^(A) from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship^(B) the King,^(C) the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.^(D)

¹⁴ The Word became flesh^(A) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,^(B) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace^(C) and truth.^(D)

² But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles^(A) was near,

³⁷ On the last and greatest day of the festival,^(A) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.^{(B) 38} Whoever believes^(C) in me, as Scripture has said,^(D) rivers of living water^(E) will flow from within them.”^{[a](F) 39} By this he meant the Spirit,^(G) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.^(H) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.^(I)

Dispute Over Jesus’ Testimony

¹² When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am^(A) the light of the world.^(B) Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”^(C)